Knowledge of UNIX, DOS & FTP
is essential in accomplishing the LAN option and use.

HARDWARE CONFIGURATION

The ALDEN Electronics, Inc. STAR4 is configured to connect to a network
via the BNC connector (Thin Ethernet) on the LAN card or the AUI connector
(Thick Ethernet) on the LAN card. The default connection is the BNC connector.
If the AUI connector is required, perform these steps:

Shutdown the STAR4 PC

Install the LAN Superdisk and reboot the PC

After the EZsetup program starts, follow the prompts and change the
connection type from BNC to AUI.NOTE: For a 10BaseT
connection you will need to connect a transceiver to the AUI connector to
convert the AUI to 10BaseT.

Once the connection method is established and the proper physical
connections have been made, you are ready to configure the software settings of
the PC to enable it to communicate over the network.

SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION

Several parameters of the STAR4 must be configured to establish network
connections. Three major items that should allow you to establish a network
connection are as follows:

The STAR4 PC's node name ( The STAR4 is factory set with a nodename of wafs04 )

The PC's IP address ( The STAR4 is factory set with an IP address of 198.114.237.148 )

If you get no response to the ping, you probably do not have the proper
physical connection. Review your connection.

Second test is the FTP

Once you have established a response to the ping, you are ready
to attempt and ftp connection.

At the command line; Type ftp (ip address) or DNS
name of the desired remote node (work station PC).

If you cannot establish an ftp connection to the desired node, review
your network configuration.

After an ftp connection is established, you can transfer files from the
STAR4 to other machines. You may want to establish an ftp connection from your
remote machine to the STAR4 so that you can retreive the GRIB files. After
retreiving the PCGRID (GRIB) files (refer to the PCGRIDS write-up), you can run
PCGRIDS on your DOS/WINDOWS pc to display the GRIB products.

PRODUCT DATA FLOW

NOW that the connectivity has been completed and the two work stations
can exchange files, the procedures for moving data from one PC to the other are
discussed here.

Knowledge of UNIX, DOS & FTP
is essential in accomplishing the LAN option and use.

Moving data between the STAR4 and a remotely connected work station can
be accomplished with the following steps,THIS IS NOT A TELNET
SESSION : (assuming each PC is a STAR4)

FTPDNS name

LOGONanonymous

PASSWORDyour name

LS ( This will show you a file list of what products are on
the STAR4. )

You must select a file and GET it using ftp and than use your
PC's display programs to use the products. Knowledge of UNIX and STAR4 GEMPAK is required to use the GRIB files obtained. Depending upon desired use,
scrip files are the best ways to automate any movement and processing or
display of data.